12. Marine Pte. Ltd. While optimistic….. my imagination is too limited to have scripted this past year’s “perfect storm”: high oil prices, urgency to drill, and shortages of equipment. In our businesses little, perhaps nothing, can beat being in the right place at the right time. The boom in energy for the moment has overshadowed careful planning and proves again the old adage, “better lucky than smart.” The offshore business merits a standing ovation. Let’s hope this year we get an encore and not the “fat lady’s” aria. Charles Fabrikant, April 2007